This is an analysis of the poem My Life Was Loving You that begins with:
Where are my nights?
My days? ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABC CDE fGEC HIHJHIKL fGEC ABC CDE HIHJHIKL KL HI KL HI KL cKL mLmLjl
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,4,8,4,3,3,8,2,2,2,2,2,3,6,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111 11 11 1011 11001 00101 100 11101 111 111010111 101010 1110110 101010 111111 101010 111110 111101 011101 100 11101 111 111010111 1111 11 11 1011 11001 00101 101010 1110110 101010 111111 101010 111110 111101 011101 111101 011101 101010 1110110 111101 011101 101010 111110 111101 011101 1111 111101 011101 1111 11101 11 11101 111 11101
- Amount of stanzas: 15
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 83
- Average number of words per stanza: 16
- Amount of lines: 55
- Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my, oh, you are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word my is repeated.
The poet repeated the same word keep at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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